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Kanab, Utah

Moqui Cave

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Added by jooltman
Escalante, Utah

Hell's Backbone Scenic Road

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Added by lastpearl
Hurricane, Utah

Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Garfield County, Utah

Burr Trail Switchbacks

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Added by zackofalltrades
Wendover, Utah

Sun Tunnels

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
ProfessorElliot Added by ProfessorElliot
Rockville, Utah

Grafton Ghost Town

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Added by jon2
Moab, Utah

Landscape Arch

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Corinne, Utah

The Spiral Jetty

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Added by tvstay
Herriman, Utah

The "Up" House

A replica that won't float away.
atimian Added by atimian
Wendover, Utah

Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Added by zackofalltrades
Monroe, Utah

Mystic Hot Springs

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.
Added by zackofalltrades
Kanab, Utah

The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
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Delta, Utah

Trilobite Quarry

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Teec Nos Pos, Utah

Four Corners Monument

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Added by mightyquinn
Salt Lake City, Utah

Saltair

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Added by zackofalltrades
Bluff, Utah

17 Room Ruin

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
JWill Added by JWill
Green River, Utah

Goblin Valley State Park

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
leiris Added by leiris
Vernal, Utah

Fantasy Canyon

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Added by David Crane
Kane, Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Added by ekoptev
Monticello, Utah

Hole N" the Rock

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Bryce, Utah

Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Added by CherrieGRuth
Midway, Utah

Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Added by gailberg
Springdale, Utah

The Narrows

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
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Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Ryan Lamb Added by Ryan Lamb